diff --git a/bson.java.gemspec b/bson.java.gemspec
index 09bf578..059b0a2 100644
--- a/bson.java.gemspec
+++ b/bson.java.gemspec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.summary = 'Ruby implementation of BSON'
   s.description = 'A Ruby BSON implementation for MongoDB. For more information about Mongo, see http://www.mongodb.org. For more information on BSON, see http://www.bsonspec.org.'
 
-  s.require_paths = ['lib', 'ext']
+  s.require_paths = ['lib']
 
   s.files  = ['LICENSE.txt']
   s.files += ['lib/bson.rb'] + Dir['lib/bson/**/*.rb']
diff --git a/ext/cbson/version.h b/ext/cbson/version.h
index e10caae..f147ed1 100644
--- a/ext/cbson/version.h
+++ b/ext/cbson/version.h
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-#define VERSION "1.2.rc0"
+#define VERSION "1.2.rc1"
diff --git a/lib/bson.rb b/lib/bson.rb
index 2e30619..2228f71 100644
--- a/lib/bson.rb
+++ b/lib/bson.rb
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 $:.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib'))
 
-MINIMUM_BSON_EXT_VERSION = "1.2.rc0"
+MINIMUM_BSON_EXT_VERSION = "1.2.rc1"
 
 module BSON
-  VERSION = "1.2.rc0"
+  VERSION = "1.2.rc1"
 
   if defined? Mongo::DEFAULT_MAX_BSON_SIZE
     DEFAULT_MAX_BSON_SIZE = Mongo::DEFAULT_MAX_BSON_SIZE
diff --git a/lib/mongo.rb b/lib/mongo.rb
index f036ca7..c5ce1a6 100644
--- a/lib/mongo.rb
+++ b/lib/mongo.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 $:.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib'))
 
 module Mongo
-  VERSION = "1.2.rc0"
+  VERSION = "1.2.rc1"
 end
 
 module Mongo